"They were hunting her too?" His voice turned cold.
Taichu nodded. "And on no small scale."
"Even with her strength suppressed, Houtu is far beyond any ordinary Da Luo True Realm cultivator." Cang Xuan's brows knitted tightly.
"For her to disappear, or even... fall, the forces they deployed must have been formidable."
"Fuck!" Hongchu slammed his fist into the ground, punching a deep crater into the hard floor.
"Those bastards are dead set on wiping us out to the last!"
First Zhou Ming, then Hongchu and Cang Xuan, then Taichu, and now Houtu.
These "Returnees" who had emerged from the world within True Saint Yuan Chu's body were like torches in the night. Wherever they hid, those flies drawn to the scent of blood would find them.
"Something isn't right."
Zhou Ming spoke calmly, breaking the silence.
All three turned to him.
"Ever since we left the Daofall Land, something about this has been strange at every turn." Zhou Ming's gaze swept over the three of them.
"Have you ever wondered how those people knew about us?"
Hongchu froze.
"How else could they have known? Our auras are completely out of place in this universe. Any Da Luo True Realm cultivator could spot something wrong with a careful examination."
"Noticing something wrong and knowing exactly who we are are two different things." Zhou Ming shook his head.
"Heavenly River True Lord, Red Skies True Lord, Cold River True Lord..."
"They, and the people behind them, could almost immediately identify us as 'Returnees.'"
"They knew we might be carrying 'True Saint Yuan Chu's inheritance.'"
"They even knew the characteristics of each of our Great Daos inside out."
Zhou Ming looked at Taichu.
"For instance, they knew that you wielded 'Primordial Qi.'"
He then looked at Hongchu and Cang Xuan. "They